J Menopausal Med.  2018 Apr;24(1):34-40. 10.6118/jmm.2018.24.1.34.

Decline in Pulmonary Function Tests after Menopause

• Memoalia J
• Anjum B
• Singh N
• Gupta M

• KMID: 2429218
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2018.24.1.34

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from the loss of ovarian follicular activity. There is limited and conflicting evidence for an association between lung function and menopause. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) in postmenopausal women.
METHODS
Digital Spirometer was used to measure PFTs in premenopausal (n = 49) and postmenopausal (n = 46) women.
RESULTS
Significant decline in many PFT parameters was observed.
CONCLUSIONS
Menopausal status is associated with low lung function.

Keyword

Forced expiratory volume; Menopause; Respiratory function tests

MeSH Terms

Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Lung
Menopause*
Menstruation
Respiratory Function Tests*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Comparison of pulmonary function tests as percentage of predicted values between subjects of group I and group II. *Significant P < 0.00. †Highly significant P < 0.0001. ‡No significant, P > 0.05.

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